Macroscelides

Macroscelides is a genus of small shrew-like animals, the round-eared sengis (also called elephant shrews), found in western Namibia and in South Africa; they are members of the clade Afrotheria.

There are three known species:[1]

References

  1. "Gallery of sengis".
  2. Dumbacher, J. P.; Rathbun, G. B.; Osborne, T. O.; Griffin, M.; Eiseb, S. J. (June 2014). "A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia". Journal of Mammalogy 95 (3): 443–454. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159.
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